MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.0%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.5%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.0%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.351
Dustin May
.308
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Anthony Kay
3.315.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.91
Dustin May
3.315.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.231.47
now 1.40
1.39
Dustin May
1.231.47
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4057.40
now 42
35
Dustin May
4057.40
now 51
39
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.4007.60
now 5
36
Dustin May
.4007.60
now 3
23

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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